Lunar Eclipse

Last night I slept fitfully as I wanted to see the lunar eclipse due to take place between 3am and 5am. I did get up to watch for about a half an hour either side of the full eclipse. I took nearly 400 pictures, many of which were for a sort of time lapse. Of … Read more

Evening Walk to Totem Park

The sun was out for much of today, though this evening for a while it became mostly cloudy before breaking up enough for there to be some nice color in the sunset. I went for a walk this evening, the first in a while where I’ve spent time just looking at things a little more … Read more

Variable Weather

It was chilly outside this morning and the weather was variable throughout the day. Spring seems to be a time of year that the weather is especially prone to the sun, rain, hail mix that around here (especially during late March and the first week or so of May) gets called herring weather. Some years … Read more

Wind Across Crescent Bay

The last day of March was a bit chilly, with lows into the upper 30s and the snow level down to around 2000 feet for one of a few times this year. Last night there were some heavy rain showers, but it seemed a bit less wet (at least in the central areas I spent … Read more

Moths and Herring Spawn

After finishing up a walk around the park this morning, I checked for moths at some of the usual spots, and was interested to find several. Most were familiar early season ones, but I did see one I couldn’t recognize. This was due in part to it being further up the building, so I couldn’t … Read more

Herring Spawn

The forecast was for wind and rain, heavy at times, with 3/4 of an inch or more of precipitation. In the end, it didn’t rain so much in town, but looking at the radar as the day went on, it appeared there were some pretty heavy bands of rain moving up from the south, though … Read more